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POLISH AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Annual Meeting, Jan. 2-5, 1997 New York Hilton Hotel, New York Held in association with the American Historical Association annual meeting All events to be held in Sutton Parlor Center unless otherwise noted Thursday, Jan. 2 3-6 p.m. Hilton, Room 504, Board of Directors meeting 7-9 p.m. Hilton Madison Suite, General membership business meeting Friday, Jan 3. 9-9:30 a.m. registration SESSION 1: JERZY KOSINSKI AND POLAND, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Chair: Thomas Gladsky, Eastern Illinois University "From Lodz to New York: Kosinski as Romantic Hero," Ada Boddy, University of Glasgow. "Jerzy Kosinski: Pole or Jew?" Henry Dasko, Toronto, Ont. "Some Small Changes in a Big Picture: Kosinski's Transition from Poland to the United States, 1958-1962," Thaddeus Krauze, Hofstra University "The Search for Kosinski in Poland," James Sloan, University of Illinois at Chicago Comment: Thomas Gladsky 2-2:30 p.m. Registration SESSION 2: KOSCIUSZKO'S INFLUENCE IN AMERICA (A session to commemorate the 250th birthday of Thaddeus Kosciuszko), 2:30-4:30 p.m. Chair: William Galush, Loyola University of Chicago "Kosciuszko's Role in the Siege of Ninety-Six," Col. Francis Kajencki, USA (ret.), El Paso, Texas "Kosciuszko's Role in the Northern Campaigns," James Pula, Catholic University of America "Kosciuszko in American Literature," Francis Zapatka, American University Comment: M. B. Biskupski, St. John Fischer College 5:30-7 p.m. RECEPTION, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, 208 E. 30th St., New York. Tour of the library and archives and opportunity to meet with representatives of Polish-American organizations. Saturday, Jan. 4 9-9:30 Registration SESSION 3: LIVING AND WRITING IN/BETWEEN: BILINGUALISM, LANGUAGE(S), AND CULTURE(S) IN THE EXPERIENCE OF EXPATRIATES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Chair: Urszula Tempska, College of Wooster Panel: Anna Frajlich-Zajac, Columbia University; Regina Grol-Prokopczyk, Empire State College, SUNY; Harriet Napierkowski, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Comment: Urszula Tempska 12:15-1:45 p.m. LUNCHEON, Nassau Suite B SESSION 4: POLISH AMERICANS AND THE COLD WAR, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Chair: M. B. Biskupski, St. John Fischer College "The PRL and American Polonia, 1944-1956," Stanislaus Blejwas, Central Connecticut University and University of Connecticut "American Polonia and the 1945 San Francisco Conference," Robert Szymczak, University of Pennsylvania "Building a Cold War Agenda: The Truman Doctrine, Polish-American Politics, and the Cold War Victory Thesis," Robert Ubriaco, St. Louis, Mo. Comment: M. B. Biskupski Sunday, Jan. 5 SESSION 5: NEW EAST EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Chair: Mary Patrice Erdmans, University of North Carolina at Greensboro "The Quick Linguistic and Cultural Production among Adult Russian Immigrants in New York City," Alexei Iurchak, Duke University "A Tale of Three Cities: Adaptation of Polish and Romanian Refugees," Elzbieta Gozdziak, Howard University "Exploring Ethnic Vernacular Landscapes," Jerome Krase, Brooklyn College, CUNY "The Impact of Lithuanian Immigrants on Lithuanian-American Communities," Mary Kelly, Stephen F. Austin State University "Redefining Boundaries: An Analysis of the Construction of Ethnicity and National Identity," Jane Cowley, University of Pennsylvania Comment: The audience SESSION 6: HOLLYWOOD AND POLONIA, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Chair: John Radzilowski, Arizona State University Panel: John Guzlowski, Eastern Illinois Univerity; Karen Majewski, St. Mary's College, Michigan; Thomas Napierkowski, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; C. Kenneth Pellow, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Comment: The audience For more information on registration and luncheon tickets, contact John Kromkowski, PAHA Executive Secretary, Catholic University of America, Box 20, Cardinal Station, Washington DC, 20064; tel.: 410-235-0641 or 202-319-5128; e-mail: kromkowski@cua.edu
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